Device for perforating bunches.



A. VON SEBASTIANI. DEVICE FOR PERFORATING BUNGHES. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1913.

1,125,598. Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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ADALBER-T VON SEBASTIANI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR PERFORATING BUNCHES.

Application filed November 22, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADALBERT VON SE- BASTIANI, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York, 1n the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Perforating Bunches, of which the following is a 'speci fication.

My invention relates to an improvement in connection with cigar molds and has as its principal object the provision of a device suitable for perforating the unpressed bunches in the molds and which also is capable of being placed in the usual press with the molds so that the pressing operation will form the perforation in the bunch.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby bunches may be readily lifted from the molds.

A final object of my invention resides in the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described.

It will be understood that prior to 1892, in making cigars in molds, the bunches were all pressed and remained in the mold for a certain length of time, generally over night, before rolling, but subsequent to that date the manufacturers began to roll the fresh bunches after they had been pressed for a relatively short time as, for instance, 15 or 20 minutes. It will be understood further that a number of attempts were made to improve the drawing qualities of cigars by perforating them after the bunches had been pressed, but these attempts did not produce the result desired and fell into disuse because of the fact that the cigar would expand as soon as the perforating device was removed so as to wholly close the perforation.

It was by contemplating the reason for failure of the prior perforating devices that I came to see the desirability of a device which would perforate the unpressed bunches and which could be placed in the press .together with the mold so that the perforation instead of being closed by the pressing operation, would be molded in the bunch, so that the bunch might be rolled without danger of eliminating the perforation.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a plan view of a cigar mold having my invention applied thereto, the top of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Serial No. 802,460.

mold being removed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the device being shown in raised position. Fig. 3 is a cross section through the center of one of the mold blocks, the device being in position for perforation.

Throughout the separate views the same part is designated by the same reference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 is a cigar mold of ordinary type having a plurality of recesses such as 2 in which the cigar bunches are placed to be shaped. It will be understood that in practice a cap having complementary recesses to the recesses 2 is used in connection with the mold 1,'but this being common practice it is not deemed necessary to illustrate the same and the cap is not shown in order to more clearly illustrate my improvement. However, it will be understood that the holes 33 in the mold 1 are used to receive pins for fastening on the cap.

It is well known that sometimes the cigar maker will arrange too much of his stock at one point along the bunch and, consequently, when the bunch is forced into the mold the stock at this point is unduly compressed making it hard to smoke the finished article. In order to avoid this defect I have arranged an arm 4 which is pivotally connected to the mold 1 near one end thereof by any convenient means such as a screw 5. At the opposite end of the block 1 and projecting from the same edge thereof as the screw 5 I have arranged a stop 6 which may be of any convenient form and which is so placed as to hold the arm 4 in alinement with the ends of the recesses 2 when the arm is lowered. On the arm 4 I provide a plurality of metal bushings 16 which are provided with enlarged heads at one end for purposes of convenience, but it will be understood that the particular form of the bushings is immaterial. vIn fact, they might be omitted but the device probably would not present good wearing qualities without them. It will be understood, however, that the bushings 16 provide apertures through each of which projects a pin such as 7, one end of the pin being fixed in a bar 8 which is parallel to the arm 4:- It will be understood, moreover, that the pins 7 may be pushed through the bushings 16 in unison in either direction by operating the bar 8. A movement of the bar away from the arm 4c is limited by suitable means such as springs 9-9 so that the ends of the pins will not be withdrawn from the bushings.

In using my device it will be understood that the mold recesses 2 are first filled with bunches and the caps placed thereover in the usual manner, while the pins 7 are completely withdrawn from the recesses. The bar 8 is then operated to push the pins 7 into the bunches thus perforating them. The molds containing the bunches and having the pins still inserted therein are placed in the press and allowed to remain for 15 or 20 minutes, or until called for by the roller. The pins are allowed to remain in the bunches while the same are pressed, so as to insure that there will be a free draft when being smoked. When it is desired to take the bunches out of the molds the arm i can be lifted into the position shown in Fig. 2 whereupon all of the cigars will be withdrawn from the molds at once and with a minimum of time and trouble.

It will be understood of course, that the extent which the pins 7 are pressed into the bunches may be varied as desired. It will be understood further that while I have shown andv described the preferred form of my invention, 1 do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1- 1. An attachment for cigar molds comprising in combination a bar having a series of pins projecting therefrom and so arranged as to project into the mold recesses and means for attaching said bar to the molds, said bar and molds being so propor- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by

tioned that the molds may be pressed while the pins are in the mold recesses.

2. The combination with a cigar mold having a base member provided with recesses for receiving bunches of an attachment therefor comprising a bar having a plurality of pins thereon so as to simultaneously occupy the recesses in the molds when so desired, a perforated bar in which said pins are slidably mounted, and means for connecting said last mentioned bar to said base member in such position that the pins may project into the mold recesses, said bars and connecting means being so proportioned that the molds may be pressed while the pins are in the mold recesses.

3. The combination with a cigar mold having a base member and a cap therefor, said base member being provided with recesses for receiving bunches, of an attachment for said mold attached to one of the parts thereof, said attachment comprising a bar having a plurality of pins projecting therefrom, a second bar in which said pins are slidably mounted, a pivotal attachment between said second bar and the base member of the mold so positioned that said pins may project within the mold recesses when the bars are substantially in the plane of the mold base, and a stop for determining the position of said bar, allthe parts of said attachment being so proportioned and arranged that the molds may be pressed while the pins are in the mold recesses.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADALBERT VON SEBASTIANI.

Witnesses:

Oscar: GARLBERG, F. MERRILL l/VEBER.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

